Quebec Writers' Federation Workshops

Fall Session 2010

Develop your writing with the mentorship of an acclaimed professional writer and feedback from your peers.

All workshops take place at the QWF office, Suite 3, Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Montreal.

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EIGHT-WEEK EVENING WORKSHOPS

RADIO DOCUMENTARY: INTRODUCTION TO DEEP LISTENING, INTERVIEWING, STORYTELLING, RECORDING, MIXING

MONDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m., October 4 to November 29, 2010. No meeting on October 11

Led by David Gutnick, acclaimed CBC radio freelancer; winner of international radio documentary awards including 2004 Gold Medal, New York International Radio Festival.

PITCH, PUBLISH AND GET PAID: HOW TO SUCCEED AS A FREELANCE WRITER

MONDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m., October 4 to November 29, 2010. No meeting on October 11

Led by Craig Silverman, winner, Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, Arthur Ellis Award for Non-fiction, Canadian Magazine Awards; columnist, The Globe and Mail, Columbia Journalism Review; published in New York Times, Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star, Report on Business magazine. Author of two books: Regret the Error and Mafiaboy (with Michael Calce).

THE ART OF THE PROFILE: DEFINING CHARACTER IN NON-FICTION

TUESDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. – October 5 to November 23

Led by Louise Abbott, award-winning journalist, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker. Author of 5 books, including The Coast Way (shortlisted for QSPELL prize), 2008 best-seller The Heart of the Farm, and the forthcoming Eeyou Istchee: Land of the Cree. Winner, Norman Kucharsky Award for Cultural and Artistic Journalism.

LITERARY STYLISTICS: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

TUESDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. – October 5 to November 23

Led by Jeffrey Moore, author of Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain, The Memory Artists, and The Extinction Club. Winner, 2000 Commonwealth Prize, 2005 Canadian Authors Association Award; shortlisted for the QWF First Book Award, the Rogers' Writers Trust Fiction Prize, the Hugh MacLennan Prize, the WordsWorthy Award and the Sunburst Award.

THE CORPORATE WRITER'S TOOLBOX: A WORKSHOP IN CORPORATE AND PR TOOLS AND APPROACHES

WEDNESDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. – October 6 to November 24

Led by Carolyne Van Der Meer, 20-year journalism and communications veteran who has written for more than 60 publications and worked on internal, external and financial communications and media strategy for Bombardier, Bell, IATA, Xposure PR and Lower Canada College, among others. Lecturer, McGill University's Public Relations program.

WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW: SHORT FICTION

WEDNESDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. – October 6 to November 2

Led by Beverly Akerman, winner, 2010 Richards Prize for her collection, The Meaning of Children; Pushcart Prize nominee; recent and upcoming work in Best New Writing 2011, Cellstories.net, Grain, Joyland.ca, The New Quarterly, Rampike, and Windsor Review.

SCREENWRITING: IMAGINATION AND FRUSTRATION

THURSDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. – October 7 to November 25

Led by David Sherman, Emmy-nominated screenwriter; former playwright-in-residence, Centaur Theatre; current playwright-in-residence, Infinitheatre, where his play, Joe Louis; An American Romance, premieres in February 2011.

ELEPHANT AND HAT: IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS – POETRY

THURSDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. – October 7 to November 25

Led by Maxianne Berger, author of Dismantled Secrets and How We Negotiate; co-editor Sun Through the Blinds: Montreal Haiku Today; poems, flash fiction and translations in LitMags from American Tanka to Zymergy, and anthologies such as poem, home, In Fine Form and The Paradelle. Contributor to Vallum, Rover Arts, Tanka Canada's Gusts, Revue du tanka francophone.

INTENSIVE SATURDAY WORKSHOPS

ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND BOOKS, OH MY!: A NON-FICTION MASTER CLASS

SATURDAY, October 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Contact QWF office for details on application process

Led by Robin Marantz Henig, science journalist and author of eight books, most recently Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution. Winner, Guggenheim Foundation fellowship and American Society of Journalists and Authors career achievement award; Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award; Contributing Writer for The New York Times Magazine.

MAKE 'EM LAUGH: THE ART OF COMEDY WRITING

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Led by David McGimpsey, dubbed "one of Canada's leading humorists" by Malahat Review and "the city's funniest writer" by the Montreal Hour. Widely published poet, fiction writer and journalist; his travel writing appears frequently in The Globe and Mail and he has a regular column on sandwiches in EnRoute magazine.

INVENTING THE TRUTH: CREATIVE NON-FICTION, PERSONAL ESSAY AND MEMOIR

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Led by Joel Yanofsky, winner, Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, and Canadian Jewish Book Award. Columnist for the Gazette; reviews and articles in Canadian Geographic, Walrus, Village Voice, Chatelaine, The Globe and Mail.

WRITING FOR CHILDREN: CHILD'S PLAY?

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Led by Marie-Louise Gay, author/illustrator of over 60 books for children, published in twenty languages. Winner, two Governor General's Award, Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Vicky Metcalfe Body of Work Award, and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award; nominated twice for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.